The theme is two historic people who were contemporaries. Unclued lights give their forenames, places of birth and death and occupations. A geographical feature (5) linking the two will appear in the completed grid and must be shaded. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe. The solutions at 22 and 27 share the same two unchecked letters.
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4 Harmless wag recast an economic principle (11, two words)
11 Eating away, in love indeed with empty oarsman (7)
14 Sarah acquires seemingly good old watch (5)
16 Papa gets behind...

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